Events
April Monthly LCCHS Meeting
Your Board of Directors meet every second Tuesday of the month at noon in the History Center. Members and guests are most welcome! The annual members’ meeting and the President’s annual report to the community is held on the first Thursday of June. Members are welcome!
Date: April 14, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
Second Tuesday Program
Jon Axline will present “The Bridges of Lewis and Clark County.” A look at our county’s historic bridges! The program starts at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Location is the Lewis & Clark County History Center at 618 Helena Avenue in the Steamboat Block downtown Helena.
Date: April 15, 2026
Time: 1:00 AM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
May Monthly LCCHS Meeting
Your Board of Directors meet every second Tuesday of the month at noon in the History Center. Members and guests are most welcome! The annual members’ meeting and the President’s annual report to the community is held on the first Thursday of June. Members are welcome!
Date: May 12, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
Second Tuesday Program
Mark Johnson will present a history of the Chinese community in Helena and in Montana. Mark is well-renowned author and scholar of Montana’s Chinese is & Clark County History Center at 618 Helena Avenue in the Steamboat Block downtown Helena.
Date: May 13, 2026
Time: 1:00 AM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
Dedication of the Dennis McCahon Gallery
Join us for the formal dedication of the Dennis McCahon art gallery on Saturday, June 6th 2025 at the Lewis & Clark History Center. Dennis was a well know Helena artist and member of the Society for many years. The gallery is designed to feature artists of all ages who live in Lewis & Clark County and the Helena Area. The dedication ceremonies will begin at 1 p.m. The public is invited.
Date: June 6, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
June Monthly LCCHS Meeting
Your Board of Directors meet every second Tuesday of the month at noon in the History Center. Members and guests are most welcome! The annual members’ meeting and the President’s annual report to the community is held on the first Thursday of June. Members are welcome!
Date: June 9, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
Second Tuesday Program
The Helena Chapter of the Montana League of Women Voters will present an interactive, high-energy program titled: The Suffrage Timeline. This program tells the story of how women in Montana gained the right to vote in 1914 and then how women across the country gained that right in 1920. A great story for young women today to know and understand. The program starts at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Location is the Lewis & Clark County History Center at 618 Helena Avenue in the Steamboat Block downtown Helena.
Date: June 10, 2026
Time: 1:00 AM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
July Monthly LCCHS Meeting
Your Board of Directors meet every second Tuesday of the month at noon in the History Center. Members and guests are most welcome! The annual members’ meeting and the President’s annual report to the community is held on the first Thursday of June. Members are welcome!
Date: July 14, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
The Montana Constitution Road Show
As a part of celebrating America’s 250 birthday, the Montana Constitution Roadshow, presented by Upper Seven Law, invites you to explore the fascinating story behind Montana’s foundational document. Ratified in 1972, this Constitution was created by Montanans, for Montanans, to reflect the values, priorities, and hopes of our state’s people.
The Roadshow is an engaging and informative presentation that offers a set of narratives to help people understand:
1) What a constitutional democracy is
2) The rule of law
3) The ways in which the Montana Constitution is special and distinct
Rylee Sommers-Flanagan is a fifth generation Montanan who grew up in Missoula and spent summers on the family’s working ranch in Absarokee. A graduate of Stanford Law School, Sommers-Flanagan served as president of the Stanford student chapter of the American Constitution Society. She graduated magna cum laude from Emory University. She also holds a creative writing degree from the University of St. Andrews.
Date: July 15, 2026
Time: 1:00 AM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
August Monthly LCCHS Meeting
Your Board of Directors meet every second Tuesday of the month at noon in the History Center. Members and guests are most welcome! The annual members’ meeting and the President’s annual report to the community is held on the first Thursday of June. Members are welcome!
Date: August 11, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
Marcus Daley's Montana Empires
With business savvy honed in the West’s rowdy mining camps, Marcus Daly rose from poor Irish immigrant to Gilded Age magnate. From the mines of Butte, Montana, to America’s largest smelter in a town he also named Anaconda, Daly’s Anaconda Copper Company made a fortune. He used it to build his dream—a Bitterroot Valley ranch and a horse racing empire that stretched from California to New York. Meanwhile, his gregarious and generous façade hid a sly manipulator, one locked in a battle for political dominance with rival copper king W.A. Clark. With detailed research and more than one hundred photographs, historian Brenda Wahler peels back the layers of a complex industrialist, revealing his historic influence and legacy.
A fourth-generation Montanan who lives near Helena, Montana, Brenda Wahler is an attorney, author, independent historian, and horsewoman. She previously authored "Montana Horse Racing: A History and Marcus Daly's Road to Montana" for The History Press.
Brenda will offer her new book, Marcus Daley's Montana Empires at the event.
Date: August 12, 2026
Time: 1:00 AM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
September Monthly LCCHS Meeting
Your Board of Directors meet every second Tuesday of the month at noon in the History Center. Members and guests are most welcome! The annual members’ meeting and the President’s annual report to the community is held on the first Thursday of June. Members are welcome!
Date: September 8, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
Second Tuesday Programs
Join us every second Tuesday of the month for a free evening program about our history. Programs start at 7 p.m. Refreshments are served. Location is the Lewis & Clark County History Center at 618 Helena Avenue in the Steamboat Block downtown Helena.
Date: September 9, 2026
Time: 1:00 AM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
October Monthly LCCHS Meeting
Your Board of Directors meet every second Tuesday of the month at noon in the History Center. Members and guests are most welcome! The annual members’ meeting and the President’s annual report to the community is held on the first Thursday of June. Members are welcome!
Date: October 13, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
Second Tuesday Programs
Join us every second Tuesday of the month for a free evening program about our history. Programs start at 7 p.m. Refreshments are served. Location is the Lewis & Clark County History Center at 618 Helena Avenue in the Steamboat Block downtown Helena.
Date: October 14, 2026
Time: 1:00 AM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
November Monthly LCCHS Meeting
Your Board of Directors meet every second Tuesday of the month at noon in the History Center. Members and guests are most welcome! The annual members’ meeting and the President’s annual report to the community is held on the first Thursday of June. Members are welcome!
Date: November 10, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
Second Tuesday Programs
Join us every second Tuesday of the month for a free evening program about our history. Programs start at 7 p.m. Refreshments are served. Location is the Lewis & Clark County History Center at 618 Helena Avenue in the Steamboat Block downtown Helena.
Date: November 11, 2026
Time: 2:00 AM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
December Monthly LCCHS Meeting
Your Board of Directors meet every second Tuesday of the month at noon in the History Center. Members and guests are most welcome! The annual members’ meeting and the President’s annual report to the community is held on the first Thursday of June. Members are welcome!
Date: December 8, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
Second Tuesday Programs
Join us every second Tuesday of the month for a free evening program about our history. Programs start at 7 p.m. Refreshments are served. Location is the Lewis & Clark County History Center at 618 Helena Avenue in the Steamboat Block downtown Helena.
Date: December 9, 2026
Time: 2:00 AM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
January Monthly LCCHS Meeting
Your Board of Directors meet every second Tuesday of the month at noon in the History Center. Members and guests are most welcome! The annual members’ meeting and the President’s annual report to the community is held on the first Thursday of June. Members are welcome!
Date: January 12, 2027
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
Second Tuesday Programs
Join us every second Tuesday of the month for a free evening program about our history. Programs start at 7 p.m. Refreshments are served. Location is the Lewis & Clark County History Center at 618 Helena Avenue in the Steamboat Block downtown Helena.
Date: January 13, 2027
Time: 2:00 AM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
February Monthly LCCHS Meeting
Your Board of Directors meet every second Tuesday of the month at noon in the History Center. Members and guests are most welcome! The annual members’ meeting and the President’s annual report to the community is held on the first Thursday of June. Members are welcome!
Date: February 9, 2027
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
Second Tuesday Programs
Join us every second Tuesday of the month for a free evening program about our history. Programs start at 7 p.m. Refreshments are served. Location is the Lewis & Clark County History Center at 618 Helena Avenue in the Steamboat Block downtown Helena.
Date: February 10, 2027
Time: 2:00 AM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
March Monthly LCCHS Meeting
Your Board of Directors meet every second Tuesday of the month at noon in the History Center. Members and guests are most welcome! The annual members’ meeting and the President’s annual report to the community is held on the first Thursday of June. Members are welcome!
Date: March 9, 2027
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.
Second Tuesday Programs
Join us every second Tuesday of the month for a free evening program about our history. Programs start at 7 p.m. Refreshments are served. Location is the Lewis & Clark County History Center at 618 Helena Avenue in the Steamboat Block downtown Helena.
Date: March 10, 2027
Time: 2:00 AM
Location: 618 Helena Ave.